Our method: learn sailing by sailing

The practical method of Wind Fornells Windsurfing and Sailing School. After 25 years devoted to teaching sailing, we can say with pride that we have arrived at a distinctive, effective method of our own. Or perhaps we could say you learn sailing by sailing.




Learn on the water.
Our years of experience have given us the chance to discover, assimilate and finally adapt many methods to ensure you learn fast and sure whether as a beginner or as an advanced sailor keen on getting the most out of your sailing. Whilst having a great time in Fornells, of course.

We are very familiar with the methods of the Federación Española de Vela, the RYA and the Glenans schools and our advantage lies in not depending on any of them, but of taking advantage of the best of each and adapting it to our exceptionally favourable conditions, to our clients and to our courses.

So you'll be in the water from the word go, and soon sailing under the constant guidance and supervision of our qualified and experienced instructors.

We have drawn up our own manuals, quality procedures and standards to guarantee the best personalised service for each student.

Our main aim is to transmit our knowledge and experience and our passion for sailing in a practical way while ensuring you have great fun. Our practical method ensures that no matter how thrilling your sailing experiences may be, they will also always be solidly based on sound principles and practices and therefore safe.


There’s a brief theoretical introduction to ensure you understand the terms and principles, and this is expanded on as the course progresses, but most of the time is spent in the water with your board or boat and your monitor guiding, giving hints and correcting mistakes, giving theoretical explanations to the day's practice. Any further explanations and any doubts occurring are cleared up afloat, while you sail.

That's all we need: boat or board, water (in this case smooth, with no waves) the wind and your instructor, who is always attentive to your needs during your course.



The conditions in Fornells Bay

The conditions of our location in Fornells Bay make learning both Windsurf and Dinghy sailing much easier as there are no waves to make you lose your balance, meaning you can concentrate on learning, not on standing up. You'll soon see that your progress is so fast that in no time you'll be able to sail away to a set point and return with no help needed.

The best way of gaining confidence and mastering sailing is to spend hours in the water with your instructor, sailing and coming across circumstances that give you the experience you need to understand and assimilate the principles underlying the practice.

Our method also allows us to better adapt to the weather (usually magnificent) and each student's own level. Because we have several courses of various levels running concurrently, we can always adapt to the specific needs of our students. Thus, we can guarantee a personalised service for all.

You'll know how to rig a boat or board (or both) tack, jibe and all the rest of it. That is, you'll be perfectly ready to sail in any other waters. You'll know how to get somewhere and get safely back. Maybe you won't hold any world records for speed, but it's not bad for a week. Because, above all, you'll have had a great time and you'll have full confidence in your abilities. You'll probably be dying to get a board or boat of your own and you'll certainly be an unconditional fan of Fornells Bay.

The confidence gained in Fornells Bay works miracles. Most people who start sailing for the first time find themselves reaching happily after half an hour.

 

Of course they are not obligatory but our younger students love competing. Alternatively, we make a short passage to a spot inside or outside the bay which we provides more useful experience than just racing round three cans.

In short, we’re proud of our results which stem from our own method and the experience and devotion of our instructors. Our new clients leave the school fully able to sail with confidence. We’re also proud of the fact that many of them come back as there’s always more to learn and more fun to be had as one learns. That’s why so many clients return year after year.

For them and for Wind Fornells, sailing well is not just a sport, it’s a way of life.